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temerity and his first successes, like .a torrent which exhausts itself by its extent :4nd impetuosity. in the 'Mean 'tithe - the nat►ons, that 'appeared more 'accus tothed to oppression, and wiro, in spite d their serVed to extend it, rage to regain their beloved liberty, and increase the struggle in which the Tyrant finds himself. Our great and stimuL lating example has put them in motion, and . Part of the glory they may acquire belongs to us; llvery thing now concurs to enkindle our spirit, and to elevate it to the highest degree of noble ambition. Let us call to mind those reanimating days, in which the Nation, its head scarcely raised, crowned itself %vith viEtories,let the primitive enthusiasm animate andiet us'again be what we Were. The august body which represents the country; While it considers the foundation. on which the State must support itself, and calls us to mark out the so lid work of our future independetice, augments its resources on all sides, and has known how to create this mass of force, whose, powerful ac 'ion must annihilate our executioners, andihesight of Which alone \ terrifies and drives them away ; if to such favourable dispositions we add an extra ordinary aCtivity, .and the continuance of sacrifices arid efforts, soon shall we behold the day of viclory claiyn; oppressed innocence will.dry up its tears, and humanity and the country will clasp us to their lio -s°lris---(Diario de Badajos.) VALENCIA, JUNE 27.—The painful impressiOn Which the misfortunes of the army of Arragon; in the• battle of the 18th, at Belchite, had produced on the public mind, has considerably abated, by learn ing -that cur loss has not been so great as was gene rally supposed; the dispersion was not of such ex tent, and all : the troops' scattered by that accident, are again collecting on various important points. GERONA, JUNE 16.—For a few hours, this city bas enjoyed repose. The bombardment continued . for three days, without a moment's intermission ; it' " itoPossible to -form an idea of the devastation. Zleven mortars are incessantly sending shells through the air, 'which have caused great destruction. . Yes , terday there were two large fires, and the King's ospital was burning yesderday morning, but tla' 8 kit and wounded were all saved. Almost all the hoUses are in ruins; and the towns are for the greaser Part destroyed. JutsTE 1 7.—The firing this morning has been most ; it appears like the clay of judgment. Since last night the enemy has thrown upwards, of a hundred - shells. Our troops, to the number of 600 men; returned this morning, after having de feated the enemy; and destr, ,yed a battery which he tad conStrueted to annoy us. Gener a l S EBASTIAN! been Ordered to retire; and at present we are I gnorant who will replace him ; perhaps his master 4 but little satisfied with the concloion of his ne. kotiations: Lts}iorr, JUL! 26.—We are infOrrned by the last tiviees from Spain, that on the 20th inst. the two broliea were to effea their Junaion : their united forte Will amount to near 104,000 men. The Frenh, In sev eral p laces ; dre engaged in making hasty tuarehes; with a view of deceiving the army of Gee tern' Ctratil., but the l a tte r o b serves t h em c l os ely . PontaArtobispo is strongly fortified, which po ition is occupied by the Duke of .M.BuQuEltuuE. he Prench at preSent have done nothing but fall back; and it is etpeaed that near Madrid a battle will be fought. LtsioN, Jvr,Y 26.-;=The Toulon squadron was on the point of sailing, but the sudden appearance of an English one, composed of 12 sail of the line and some frigate's, made the enemy cautious, fearing the s ame- fate which that of Brest had in Basque Roads: They Write from Valencia that the Army Of tiLAKE IS re-organizing, and the most efficacious caiures are taking to augment it ; in a short time expeeted that the said army will bestow on the ent•rny the punishment due to his temerity. VALeNctA, JuNa au. After the battle of e lite, twenty-two Poles deserted to our colours, not ‘l'ithstancling the misfortune of that day. The pub lie may infer from hence, what are the forebodtnga (I azi f the enemy in regard to his fate, if, when he ote, ta ns adva ntages, part of his best troops abandon his At and seek a n as yl um i n S pan i s h generosity. G erun d We witness the same kind of emigration, -- s p it e of the precautions of its chi e f s . Thi s p l ace has tilaintaittedits communication, now i t h stan di ng 31 ri the en emy has incr ease d hi s f orces to e ff eet the hest bloCkade. The garrison and people have ' de some brilliant sallies, and covered them selves urth glory. All 'the batteries of heavy artil lery and mortars have been taken or destroyed, and The tontinual and well-direaed fire of the place, has k l ade great slaughter among the obstinate besiegers. I Ne know that the army is approaching to relieve the place, and there is little doubt that the enemy will, third time, be obliged to retire from before Ge- N . :a, defeated and confounded, if indeed, be should Leable to.effeet his ietreat. According to account, tha . have been receiveff,Ahe. bead-quarters oft en.CuEsiA.are at Zarsiceig, and the enemy has. repassed. the Tagus. VENEGAS, it is be rieved, establiShed his at Man Zanares. The army 01 - Esilernadara is brilliant for its number, andscxcellent Cavalry. The army of La Mancha is 4.: notso,numerons, but it is supposed not to 6e in fariar in quality. The army of reserve, aacording to Othii - accounte, is composed of the English and VOrtugese troops, which form a third body, equally respectable with the forrnei. There are repOrts that the advances guard of Ge neral VENEGAS hai penetrated to Aranjuez, and taken Considerable bobty, borse; &c. but these re quire confirmation. THE ARMY. HORSE GUARDS, Auci;sr r, TS §. _ . At a General Court Martial held at Stafford; on the loth opf Apti), 1809, and continued by adjourn meni-s to the 15th of the same month; Lieutenant Momis, of the 46th Regiment ; Lieut. MAYER, of the 57th Re g iment ; an Lieutenant APGREGOIi; of the 39th Regiment of Foot ; were arraigned upon the following chatges,-yiz Charge against . Lieutenants Moore and Mayer— " For behaving in a scandalous manner; such as is un becoming the charm ters of Officers and Gentlemen, on the night of the 3d of March, i 809, at Stafford, by abusing each other, and calling each other oppro brions names, and afterwards fighting together in the public street, and by appearing in-a state of intoxica tion, raising a riot and disturbance, and engaging in an affray in the public street." Charge against Lieutenants Mayer and M‘Gregor : " For behaving in a scandalous and infamous manner, such as is unbecoming the characters of Officers and Gentlemen, on the night of the 3d of March, 1809, at Stafford, by abusing Lieut, Moore at the door of a public-house, and in the public street, and endeavouring by opprobrious words to provoke him, Lieut.'Moore, to tight with Lieute nant ;.layer; and afterwards' engaging in the public streets, in consequence of. which clic) , were confined in the Black Hole; all which conduct is a breach of lbeir_duty'as Offi cers , :an d i o t h e prejudice of good order, and military discipline." Lieutenants Moore mid Mayer were found Guilty of the first charge; with the exception of the crime intoxication, as far as relatts to Li( utenant Moore. Lieutenant Mayer was also found Guilty of that part or the second cha rge , w hi c h expresses the endea vouring by opprobrious words to provoke Lieutenant Mogre to fight him. For which, Lieutenants Moore and Mayer were sentenced. to be'—' Dismissed his Majesty's Service;' but-the Court were of opinion, that the charge,al - against Lieut.. McGregor was not sufficiently proved, and therefore acquitted him, which sentence his Majesty has been pleased to approve and confirm. The Commander in Chief - has therefdre direued, that the -, :hargesA•exilit)ited agaihst Lieuts. Moore, Mayer, and M‘Gregor,- together with the sentence of the Court, 'shall be read at the head of every corps, and entered in the orderly books. The arrangements - for the establi . sment of a King's Dock-yard at 'Milford, :ire understood to be complete, and that two line-of-battle ships, a frigate, &c. are to be proceeded upon immediately. The capacious and very secure anchorage of Milford- Haven must make that place at all times of material importance, in a naval point of view. The ,Earl of DERBY, who has been long indis posed;.k now so much recovered that he is able to resume his public days and enjoy the society of his friends at Knowsley. The doors of the boxes of the new Covent-Gar den Theatre are to be made of solid mahogany, and to be finished in the most elegant style. ME Lust), an aaor of provincial celebrity, is to be added to the comic strength of the new Theatre Covent Garden next season. Mr. Qu,rcx made his second appearance last night at ,the. Lyceum, in the part of Isaac Mendoza, and Was again received with the warmest applause, by a very numerous and .elegant audience. An apology was made for Mrs. MOUNTAIN, who, on account of 'a very severe cold,, was only able to sing one of her songs, in the part of Clara. MARSHALL aquitted himself very. well in Antonio, and the rest of the characters were so well supported, that the Opera lOst none of its usual effc6l, except the driw back nf Mrs. MOUNTAIN'S indisposition. During a dreadful thunder storm, which happert ed on Wednesday, the ;36th ult. at Mauchline, Hugh Smith, servant with Mr. John Siliars-, of' Gartield, parish of Muchline, was struck dead by the' lightning, while busily employed in the hay field. His head was severely bruised, the blood running out at his mouth and ears, his hair singed, and, his countenance almost black, and much dis figured. The fatal fluid appears to have penetrated his forehead, from a large 'wound which it Itad made , in it ; from thence to have been condu6ted down through the body, marking its progress by singing the hair on the breast, .scorching his stOlnacb, and melted several of his buttons. His hat was found lying in tatters, at a considerable distance from him'; both his shoes were' knocked from his feet, and one of them, torn to pieces, had been thrown .by the shock to the distance of several yards . A dreadful fire took plaCe at Waterford, on Friday last; which destroyed near sixty houses. The county of Waterford Grand Jury have most liberally sub scribed two hundred and forty guineas for the relief of the unfortunate sufferers: A gang of thieves, on Thursday last, broke into the house of Mr. Allnutt, of Beechley Lodge, Bucks, When - a mastiff dog seized one of them, and so se verely lacerated him, that he expired next day. The . others escaped without any booty. At the Assizes for one of the Midland counties, a woman was tried for the murder of her bastard child; apd after the Judge had taken great pains in explain ing the provisions of Lord Ellenborough's AL}, the Jury acquitted her of the murder and found her gni l" y' ,concealing the birth of the child. The prisoner heat tried was charged with stealing a goose, and the same Jury, thinking that the law applied equally to brith cases,. acquitted the prisoner of the felony, but found hits guilty of concealing the goose, ~li zz, uty 11. ..The AlgesirasNrrived,, here from Portsmouth on the ed. instant. She brought out considerable quan tities of stores, and other equipments for foot and , cavalry, with a machine for making -fusils, and a printing-press.. , The Bishop of St. Andero was a • passenger, as well as the- wife of I‘Ja Cevallos. , ' The a inadivity of the • Q ip overnent.is still reproach ed. Nothing can exceed the ardour of . the people; and lunch is hoped. from the stimulus which it is expected .will be given by the embassy of the Mar quis Wellesley, whose acceptance of this appoint ment causes .considerable surprise here, and there - tire. le-ads tO..the suppositiOn. that it will be directed to great objects. Depend upon it, . the people of this country will never be the slaves of Braihaparte. If the Government,is incapable of directing the ne cessary measures for its defence, the task will even tually he taken up by the people. Loyalty and loye of order, with a reverence for established institutions, are obviously even a pait.of their nature. They are Or; however, una.ware‘ that the most respectable institutions may Cal) into decay, and be subjea to • abuse; on the contrary, the necessity, for much re fOrm is as generally felt, as the hatred for Buona parte, and the determination to effect it. For them selaes, ahey would clearly, wish (asis consistent with the Solidity of underStaoding, for which they are re.• markable), that, the reforMs should proceed - front the Government and they are fully persuaded that the reign pf Ferdinand VII. would produce 'them all. It is for this, and this only, they are attached to him. It is not . the blind attachment whidh the -English attribute to them ; nor is it the ease, as also • sup, posed .there ; that he is set up. by the Junta. • No a he is the King of the People; because they conned with him the idea of reform, and his name is syno nimous with it. All the Reformers of the last reign were his directors : he had put himself entirely into their hands ;:asucl there is no doubt, that if he wet-a' reinstated, Spain would enjoy abeneficial revolution in its state, without any of the jealousies attendant on new Governors ;—a benefit which, had long. been prepared. for it, btatalents which he proteded.a. but which had antecedently been consigned only-to dun geons for the attempt. . M. Jovellanos and his asao ciates would have had a principal share in the Go vernment. By degrees, and tenderly, touched, even the exuberances of the Ecclesiastical Establishment would have been pruned: . The best proof that can be given of the impossibi lity to conquer this country by France, is, that in the provinces nearest to France, and occupied in part by the enemy, the ardour greater than in the more distant provinces; as if the spirit of the peo ple rose in proporiion to the vicinity of. the enemy. Even in Barcelona, a fortress. whelly• possessed by French troop's ! the executions for plots and resist ance have been numerous 5-1 saw, to-day, a well authenticated case of several, judged and executed on a law passed in France, for the punishment of re sistance in the conquered countries. . In the valley of Roncevalies, near Pampeluna, on the frontiers of France, there has been a considerable slaughter. In fine, they possess not, nor will they ever possess, a foot of land, which is not garrisoned by an over whelming force. • In Catalonia, the late reverses have Servad• only to stimulate new exertions the army of Blake is undoubtedly becoming again re spedable in numbers. Atnuinnition is now ship ping here for Tarragona, tor the use of this army. The Officer svlto commands the' escort came in the Algesiras from England; , h is a fad, which speaks more than volumes, of the disposition of the people towards France, that not a Frenchman is permitted to exist in Cadiz ; the most wealthy merchants are on board hulks in the harbour. It is even dangerous to speak the . lan guage in public. at Mr. Cochrane Johnstone left this place on Whit- Monday, in a frigate, .fotßarbadoes ; from whence he goes to Vera Cruz, having made a contrail with the Junta for ahe delivery of six millions of dollars, at three shillings and eleven-pence halfpenny .per dollar.. This sum is to be furnished on account of the. Government. He,has, besides, a permission to purchase from individuals at the same price, to any amount whielt may be pradicable, in Mexico, pay able by bills on the Treasury of England. .Thus the specie of Spanish America will find a secure passage to Europe ; and, if Spain repays to Great Britain the advances made by the latter, much of that furnished by the Government 91 Spain will re main in England. If, on the contrary, the whole is paid for in bills upon the Treasury, of course those bills (if the amount beaVanted for service in Spain) must be discharged in - dollars, or a coin current there. It , is, however, very probable, that if pur chases are made from individuals, the payment of the bills to them may be made in Bank-notes; so as to occasion some of the specie to remain. At all eveqts,' the operation appears to be useful, as it secures the passage of the specie, and brings the Spanish American Merchant into Contad with, Bri tish Commerce ; and further as the price axed for the dollar seems to leave considerable advantage for the payment of freight and expences.. The dollar• is worth here fifty-three pence and one-third; I believe it is not worth much less in England. There is a great difference between this and forty-seven e pence halfpenny, the price to be paid by England. The commercial ,people here have got some intima tion of this measure, and are jealous of it they say that individuals in Mexico will not sell their dol lars at that price ; but When the ,difficulty of con veyance in any other manner to Europe is consider ed, there is little doubt\ that they will readily make some sacrifice. The ship called the Dominic° Packet, haS lately returned to Liverpool, from South America, 'where She had been twenty mileS up the river, to the port of Para, being the first British vessel that ever entered there. The Commander bred a salute iipon entering, the port, which was answered by multitudes of inhabitants on the shores rejoicing ; beautif u l Ladies from . the Windows of the liZtiSes waving their handkerchiefs, and exclaiming---" Long live the'. English," &c. titc.. On the supercargo of the vessel going on shore, he was received with all the pomp of an Indian Prince. Numbers of women pre ceded him in grand procession, strewing flowers, and every demonstration of joy was' manifested. In this fertile country tows are sold for five dollars. We are sorry to learn that the Lord Aelson hired cutter ) with the Expedition, is totally lost. SPORTING INi..TELLIOENCL, CHELMSFORD RACES: TUE - Si/AY, AUG: I. • • • • • tier Majesty's Plate of io,gs. Mr. Elwes': o f. Mis. Sophia, by Stamtord Mr. jefiery's u, f. by Ctimeiatt • - Mr. Embden's Miss seedling • - Mr. Johnstou's ch. f. by Ambrosio , - to 2, on Sophia. WEiNrSDAY The Town. Plate of 501. Mr. jeffery's ch. c. SiLvermere, by Gouty Mr. Linden's Mis o s Sdedlitig 3 to 2 on Seedling. TH.IJIZSDA Y. The Steward's Plate of Sol. for all ages. Ml. BaCon's b. c. Patriot, by Whisky - - Mr. Elwes's,Miss Sophia - - Mr. Emden's Miss Seedling - Mr. jetary's Saveiaere, - Sophia the favourite. lIAVE R Ot.DIV LSI' RACES. 11404,DAY, JULY 31, ; .501. for _Horses bred in Wal2s. Mr. Munsey's b. g. Swansea, !)y Pastor, 5 yrs old Col. 'Colby's b. g. Peter tile Wild Bdy, 5 rs old TIJESDA s r, AUGLIST' i Maiden Plate of Sol Mr. lenner's ch. c. by Guildford Col. Colby's Peterthe Wild Boy - Mr. Storks's b. in. Vi4lde, - - Alf. Mathias's c. m. by Pastor - Sweepstakes of togs. each ($ subscribers). Mr., Mutis4's Swansea Col. Colby 's Peter the Wild Boy WEDNESDAY. Plate of 501. tor all ages: Mr. Munsey!s• Swansea - - Mr. Hurst's b. c. by Hambletonian ' (114 S on the colt at starting. WORCESTER RACES. ; 4 TGF,SD,,Y, AUG. t. Sweeptakvs of 1,-.,gs. each. Ld Oxfbr''s b. rn. ' ,c_to:ia - 7 r r - pdlr. Dundas's Rome o .. - - 5 2 2, Mr. Lzurnife, named Duaess .. +.. 1 3 3 Ld Grey's - St. Domingo . 7- ,, - - 6 4 0 r- Gapt, Brown's Screveton beat Mr. Pewrice's Salmot tor . . . sons. • • . Maiden Plate of sol. • . . . 4 • ,Jr.i, cares br. f. by Stairiford, 3 yrs old, 6A. 51b. z t t I.d Stamford's b. c. by Shelton, 6st. glb. - 1 2 a Mr. Wakeman's b. in. by Hickwali, s yrsold, Bst. 41b. Mr. Low's Young Maid of All-W o rk, 3 yr s o ld, 6st. sib. dis. WEDNESDAY. Ladies' Plate or pl., Mr. Lygon's ch. g. Sunflower, by No Pretender, Bst. 41b. - Mr. Painter's Ali Baba, fist. zzlb. . . Mr. Pewrice's Prisoner, 9st. 51b. • Handicap Purse of B.)gs. (8 Subscribers). Won by Capt. Brown's Sir Jeffery. Hunters' Purse of jot. Mr. Racster's Lowdcn lost. lib. Mr. Crane's4Puinkin. list. 131 b • Mr. Hick's. Mrs. Clarke, list 31b. Mr. Hill's Loyalty, l ist. 31b. Mr. Martin's Cotswold, lost. Ilb. I , HURSDA V. Plate of, col. Lord Stamford's St. Domingo, 9St. Mr. Gordon's Romeo, Bst. tzlb. r t 2 2 3 at. 2 3I 2 , 3 5 4 4 4 5 5 0 2 i I I 2,dr. CANADA.--Extract of a letter from Quebec, dated Bth May :—" A Mr. Harte, who is a freeholder, and was duly elected to the Parliament, happens unfortunately to be a Jew, and as such the most Christian Members were unwilling to sit with him. An attempt to put him out is one of the acts' which the. Governor in his speech calls unconstitutional.--• Another of these unconstitutional ads was, au at tempt to prevent a judge, named de Bonne, who is an active member, from sitting. While these ques tions were under debate, with closed doors, the Go vt,rnor went to the Council Chamber, and dissolved the AsseMbi'y. In the course of his speech the Go vernor took occasion to compliment Judge de Bonne, Messrs. Blackwood, De Salaberry; Dentolleau, and some others, who generally vote with them, as hav ing used their utmost efforts to a.. fiat eondua of which he had so ranch reason to coinprfiin. Though the Governor's speech was just, his severity was, perhaps, therefore More' strongly felt ; and it i s t o be feared that : great asperity of feeling will, in con sequence, be found in the new Parliament, to which it is, supposed the same Members will, with very few exceptions, be re-elected. Sir James Cnig is, however, looked upon by the most judicious people of the province as a very able Governor, sincerely disposed to promote the welfare and ha;,pintss of the people, and one whose loss would be severely felt. It is much to be wished that E ng li s h sc h oo l s should be introduced here. Nothing would tend so much to infuse right notions and principles in the minds of the people, who are now studiously kept in a state of darkness and prejudice by their priests. Sir James Craig was to leave Quebec on the igth of June, for 'Montreal, whence he would return in August. General Drummond commands in Mon treal. He is much liked there, as also Mrs. Drum mond." At Queen-square, yesterday morning, a young man named Greeqfield, lately in the navy, attempted to put a period to his existence, by cutting his throat with a large knife, whilst under examination berate the Magistrates, for stealing a crown-piece, th . pro perty of ,Mrs. Hatt, in Tothill-street,, but w as vented by Gilimore, the Officer. Edward 'Wright, alias My Hearty, .a not or io us c h ift :„ racer, died on Monday, in the, House of e(krreelion`, of fifty years athief,and had been 75 tinieserraigned at in the 80th year of his age. He, had been upwards, the Old Bailey and QUarter Sessions ; and as ottva punished. CORN EXCHANGE; ,At b.—This day there are few fresh arrivals . of WhOt; . hUt tolerable suppliel on hand, which is rrore than adequate to the de mand; and saleS are heavily'ettected at lower prices 4 Bailey ,again in very short supply; Malt scarcely at last currency; White Pease, this week, full los. per quarter lower ; Beans of the two kinds are cheaper there are considerable supplies of Oats, mostly - fo-, reign, but few of first quality, and *those. rather dearer ; Flour hardly supports, last prices, fine Anie rican 48s. to 5 I's: per barrel. , Wheat - 7os a 84s a 94s a Tick Beans - -42 s 4Bs Fine ditto - -98 s a tots Oats - Iss a 2SS a 33, Rye - • os a s2S Poland (112[0 -36 S a 395. barley - •- -- .37s a 43$ Potatoe ditto —s its?: Malt - 7os a 78s Rape. Seed - 4SI a 5)1 White Pease - Bos a gos Fine Flour , sos' a gss Grey ditto - 46$ a 52s Seconds 759 1 a 8%/s - Beans . . . a bosi r adr z i 1 2- r , .